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Difference between NFS and GPFS

Hello Gurus,

Could you please help me out of the difference between GPFS and NFS.

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I suggest you get a book about each, NFS and GPFS, and read both.

Your question is so little specific that answering it would indeed take one (or more) books. A forum is not the right place for such an unspecific question.

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